Things are a leetle bit crazy around here at the moment…

If you’ve turned on or read the news at all today, you’ve certainly heard about these major fires here in Southern California.

The ones nearest to us are putting our city in a “pocket” of clear area, with fire burning in every direction around us. People are being evacuated from nearly every city nearby… we have a few friends who have been evacuated and several of John’s coworkers on base are stuck at work, unable to go home. One of them even lost her home today. The base housing itself is on “evacuation standby,” with a concern being that if the fire closest to us hits the dense brush-filled training ground, it would be a straight and quick shot to the housing areas.

Further north, more fires are burning–apparently there are at least 14 total right now. Many of you know that my Daddy is a fire captain… he was called out last night, first to cover for the first strike team his department sent out… and now he’s been called out on a strike team of his own. He’s currently fighting the Lake Arrowhead fire–they lost nearly 130 homes there just this afternoon.

Please pray for my dad… for his safety… for success in fighting these fires… and for our family, especially my mom, being that it can be quite frightening and nerve-wracking having him out there, not usually knowing where he is, what he’s doing, or how things are going. It can be hard for those who haven’t lived the firefighter’s life to understand, but it truly is like he’s a soldier sent off to war–only the enemy, in this case, is billowing flames. We’d greatly appreciate your prayers while he fights and leads his guys against this fire.

Also, if you happened to be praying that we’d have our baby soon–you can stop now. :smile: Due to all the road closures, it isn’t certain that, if labor began, we’d be able to get down to the birth center. Delivering in the ER of a hospital I’ve never been to with a doctor I’ve never met doesn’t really appeal to me for some reason, so it would probably be a good idea if this little guy holds out a few more days until all of this has died down.

Promise to update if and when there’s anything to tell… thanks for praying, peeps.